http://www.thestandard.com./node/117549/comments comments feed. en Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com. Picture This: Bank of America Online Banking not "online" anymore http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofaerror.jpg" width="225" height="243" align="left" /> <p>As if financial customers weren't skittish enough, now Bank of America customers are unable to log into the bank's online banking site. Upon clicking the &quot;Sign In&quot; link on the front page of <a href="http://www.bankofamerica.com">BankofAmerica.com</a>, users are typically redirected to &quot;<a href="https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com">https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com</a>&quot; to further authenticate themselves. That server is up, but users are unable to make a secure connection to it -- something that you generally want to have when you're talking about financial information.</p> <p>The site has been broken since around 11AM Eastern time -- almost 5 hours so far. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Now, my Bank of America login has been replaced by the image at above left. I can no longer even attempt to log in.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Update 2: The main BankOfAmerica.com site won't load for me, but I was able to access my online banking data through a backdoor of sorts. By searching Google for &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=bank+of+america&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Bank of America</a>&quot; I found an <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bankofamerica.com/onlinebanking/&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBW6kTNZqV1wkktX9as4vvapjTkQ">&quot;Online Banking&quot; link</a> that got me into my data.</span> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Update 3: Everything seems to be back to normal now.</span> </p> <p>Several related terms are high on the list of popular searches at Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends">Hot Trends site</a>. <span style="text-decoration: line-through" class="Apple-style-span">I've asked for comment from Bank of America, but haven't heard back yet.</span></p> <p>Bank of America spokeswoman Tara Burke gave me this statement:</p> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p><span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">We are experiencing a temporary systems issue that is resulting in sporadic interruption of online banking service. We expect to have the situation corrected shortly. It does not affect customer information, only their ability to access it. We apologize for any inconvenience.</span> </p></blockquote> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/bofadown.jpg" width="605" height="461" /> </p> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2008/09/22/picture-bank-america-online-banking-not-online-anymore#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Bank Of America The Industry Standard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:26 -0400 Jordan Golson 117549 at http://www.thestandard.com.